Rhodesia

1916 censored picture post card (Maps of German Colonies in Africa) to England endorsed by the sender as written from “No. 14 N.R.R. attd N.R.P. “D” Co Army P.O. N.R.”. A violet boxed ‘POSTAGE FREE / BASE 4 N. RHODESIA, Passed by CENSOR’ cachet with the ‘4’ altered in manuscript to ‘1’. KASAMA SE 16 N.E. RHODESIA and ARMY POST OFFICE / 2 / 4 SEP 16 / NORTHERN RHODESIA datestamps are on the card along with the handstamp of the commanding officer, Lt. Henniker Gotley to validate the free postage. An exceptionally rare card from a soldier in the Northern Rhodesia Police, one of only two known with the Base 4 altered to Base 1 and one of only seven covers or cards recorded bearing the Army Post Office 2 datestamp.